1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

The 1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs. This ended the second longest playoff streak in CFL history at 17 years (1980–1996).[1]

1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General managerJeff Reinebold
Head coachJeff Reinebold
Home fieldWinnipeg Stadium
Results
Record4–14
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

Offseason

CFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School
3 23 (via Edmonton) Marice Henriques S Colorado
5 38 Jonathan Swift LB Tennessee-Martin
6 42 Wayne Weathers DE Manitoba

Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft
Round Pick Player Pos
2 13 Obrad Spanic DL
3 21 Stacy Evans DE
4 28 Lubo Zizakovic DT

Regular season

Season standings
East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto Argonauts18153066032730
Montreal Alouettes18135050953226
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1841404435488
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1821603625494

Season schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 June 27 at Toronto Argonauts L 23–38 0–1
2 July 3 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 24–27 0–2
3 July 11 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 33–18 1–2
4 July 19 at BC Lions L 17–21 1–3
5 July 25 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 21–36 1–4
6 Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders L 22–43 1–5
7 Aug 7 at Edmonton Eskimos L 11–45 1–6
8 Aug 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 24–35 1–7
9 Aug 22 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 21–26 1–8
10 Aug 31 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 43–12 2–8
11 Sept 7 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 25–66 2–9
12 Sept 12 at Montreal Alouettes L 28–29 2–10
13 Sept 19 vs. BC Lions W 26–14 3–10
14 Sept 28 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 9–41 3–11
15 Oct 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 25–27 3–12
16 Oct 12 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 2–20 3–13
17 Oct 19 at Montreal Alouettes L 34–41 3–14
18 Oct 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 55–9 4–14

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Awards and records

1997 CFL All-Stars

References
  1. https://www.cfl.ca/article/by-the-numbers-playoffs Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine By the Numbers: Playoffs???!!!
  2. "Winnipeg Blue Bombers historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-10-25.


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